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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Words in Context: Pun Fun [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
A lesson plan in which students choose three selections of interesting word play in a text and then work with a partner to discuss their choices. Materials are included.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Solving Word Meanings: Engaging Strategies for Vocabulary Dev.

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A 5-lesson unit where learners learn to use context clues and semantic gradients together to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Learning to Recognize and Use Strong Verbs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, students will listen to stories and determine the meaning of the word by using sentence-level context clues. They will think about the verbs that are used and think about how that verb appeals to their senses, giving...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This website provides a series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to use visual, meaning, and structure clues separately and together to determine the meaning of unknown words. Lessons are...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 3rd Grade Unit: Dictionary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students learn to use a dictionary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of a Beetle by Bobbie Kalman and Molly Aloian and includes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context Kindergarten Unit: Using Sound and Picture Cues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson uses Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert to teach learners to use picture cues and initial word sounds to identify unknown words. Ideas for direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Party Moose Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, using the animated story "Party Moose" from the series Molly of Denali, shows the importance of paying attention to meaning while reading and using strategies, such as rereading, when something doesn't make sense. Molly and...
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Read Works

Read Works: 4th Grade Lesson: Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in...
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 2: Two Lesson Unit: Setting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A set of two lesson plans designed to teach students to use context clues to identify the setting and changes within it. Lessons are based on the books Bigmama's by Donald Crews and The Stories Julian...
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Read Works

Read Works: Grade 1: Three Lesson Unit: Character: Actions, Feelings, Looks

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans, based on David Shannon's books No, David!, David Gets in Trouble, and David Goes to School. Students learn how to utilize text and picture clues to determine and describe...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 3rd Grade Unit: Contrasting Statements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which young scholars learn to use contrasting statements within a sentences to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson includes directions for direct teaching,...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 3rd Grade Unit: Appositives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which learners learn to use information within appositives to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of a Beetle by Bobbie Kalman and Molly...
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Read Works

Read Works: Vocabulary in Context 2nd Grade Unit: Glossary

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan in which learners learn to use a glossary to determine the meanings of unfamiliar words. Lesson utilizes the book The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin by Robin Johnson and Bobbie Kalman...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Personification

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners will use the book The Runaway Tortilla by Eric A. Kimmel to learn to identify and understand the use of personification in a fiction text. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and...
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Read Works

Read Works: 2nd Grade Lesson: Idioms

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students use the book More Parts by Tedd Arnold to learn to identify and understand the use of idiom in a fiction text. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use two provided poems to learn to identify and understand the use of similes and metaphors in poetry. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Read Works

Read Works: Sequence Kindergarten Unit: Sequence Clue Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach students to identify the sequence of a story by looking at transitional words such as "first" and "then" in the book Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant. Learning...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Clouds, Rain, and Fog: A Closer Look

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A lesson where students use the book Cloud, Rain, and Fog by Fred and Jeane Biddulph to learn about text structures and reading strategies with information texts.
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Read Works

Read Works: Drawing Conclusions 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on drawing conclusions through which students learn how to use pictures and context clues to discover a missing word and to draw conclusions about a story. Students also use...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Putting It Together: Rhetorical Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the previous lessons having to do with rhetorical reading including rhetorical context, previewing text, actively reading, using context clues, and reading voraciously.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Acquiring New Vocabulary

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson teaches elementary students new vocabulary terms through book discussion groups. Students use context clues, prior knowledge, and print and online resources for vocabulary understanding in their discussion.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on increasing your vocabulary including using context clues, dictionaries, and your working vocabulary. It also offers two videos with strategies for enhancing your vocabulary.
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Read Works

Read Works: Setting 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to use pictures and word clues to determine the setting of fiction texts. Lessons are based on the books The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Morpheme Structures: Word Way [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A lesson plan in which students identify unknown words within a text, identify their parts and syllables, and work to determine the meaning of each word. Materials are included.

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